20210418 Forest fire damages two houses in Bageshwar villages
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Forest fire damages two houses in Bageshwar villages
Updated: 2021-04-18
BAGESHWAR: Two houses in different villages of Bageshwar got caught in wildfires on Saturday.
In the first instance, forest fire damaged an eight-room stone house in Karmi village of Kapkot tehsil. Two brothers — Mohan Singh and Hayat Singh — live in the house along with their families. Fortunately, no human casualty was recorded in the incident. However, the fire claimed the lives of nine goats.
Rakesh Chandra Tiwari, SDM, Bageshwar, said, “The affected family has taken shelter in another home. We are still assessing the loss.”
In the second case, a fire damaged a two-storey house in Bhanar village of the district. In the incident, Chanchal Singh sustained burn injuries. Shikha Suyal, a senior district official, has said that the cause of the fire hasn’t been ascertained as of yet.
Web Source: The Times of India